There are plenty of big cash games around the world where pots reach ridiculous amounts, and the players bring bankrolls worth more than you or I will ever see in our lifetime. However, it’s a stretch to say that any of these games can come close to the kind of money that’s involved in the current Macau high stakes poker games. In fact, there are already some pretty legendary stories coming out of these games right now.
The first story to come out of these insane high stakes poker games was that Tom Dwan had lost $2.6 million in a single session. Chinese high stakes grinder Peter Chan spilled this information to Phil Galfond in an online conversation that read as “hi sweets (Gallfond) you best friend lose in macau lose a lot of money….tom dwan. tom dwan lose 20 million hk ($2.6 million).” This story goes nicely along with the rumorered $11 million Macau pot that Dwan won early in 2011.
The second big story involves the return of Phil Ivey to civilization. Ivey has taken quite a bit of time off of playing live poker, and hadn’t been spotted for a while until recently venturing to Macau. So far there’s no word on how Ivey’s done on the high stakes cash tables, but he did play the APPT Macau tournament on the side.
Finally, Andrew Robl definitely made some noise after sending a tweet about how he won $2 million, then lost it all later. He tweeted, “Been gambling big in Maccau. Won 2 million USD straight and was very thankful. Now lost 2 million straight. Thankful for other things.”
Robl and other pros such as Ivey, Dwan, Sam Trickett, Cirque Du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté and Johnny Chan have gathered in Macau amid rumors that major high stakes games were going on there. Obviously the rumors were true, and we can only expect to hear more big stories arise out of these games in the future.
[...] Macau is already developing quite the reputation for high stakes poker play since there are some huge cash games going on there. Players like Johnny Chan, Andrew Robl, Sam Trickett, Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey are all [...]